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Jan 11-12 Model/Forecasting Discussion


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Nah, I'm licking my wounds from the CWG post and one guys response.

You've gott'a be kidding me. I hope it wasn't the "jac" guy. No offense to him, I know the passion involved...and the frustration, but seriously...

Hasn't everyone noticed the relative confidence expressed by you, and others I might add, that this year (in general) is not exactly one that we should have much hope for? Hasn't everyone noticed the "laundry list of reasons why" tomorrow didn't look like it held much promise as a "big storm" and the same for 12/5, 12/19 and 12/26? What use is it have a gun held to your head so that you'll forecast snow when the reality is the laundry list is hard to ignore. Had you forecasted snow on those occasions you'd just have been flat out wrong. That's a better approach, though? Hasn't everyone noticed that relatively lack of snow this winter, and the validation that one, or more, of the items on the laundry list were the culprit?

Last winter we had confidence...you were even posting, a week in advance, H5 maps and showing their relative similarities to the super-ensemble of "great DC storms". That was a year ago. This year, however, is a very different beast altogether. Unfortunately it's a beast that has a good amount of historical support for being an under-performer. People's hopes don't make it snow...nor can a "really positive and excited Met" change the course of the future. Likewise guns don't work either.

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eh, it looks really similar to 12z.. precip in this range is useless still -- 500 vort did inch north again though -- red flag? ;)

I think the bigger red flag is the ensembles all being further west. Call me a weenie, but the GFS is now on the weak and east extreme of the guidance envelope. Do you trust it in that position?

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